1996 BC Lions season

1996 BC Lions season
Head coach	Joe Paopao
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	5–13
Division place	5th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1996 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the West Division with a 5–13 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	6	Mark Pimiskern	LB	Washington State
2	15	Andrew English	SB	British Columbia
3	24	Brad Yamaoka	RB	British Columbia
4	33	Kevin Ho-Young	RB	St. Francis Xavier
5	42	Victor Bryan	DB	Simon Fraser
6	51	Brian Bourne	OL	British Columbia
7	60	Paul Greenbow	DB	Queen's

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35–29	Win	0–1
B	June 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	33–21	Loss	1–1

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	13	5	0	608	375	26
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	459	354	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	9	9	0	421	495	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	360	498	10
BC Lions	18	5	13	0	410	483	10

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	June 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	28–14	Loss	0–1
2	July 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25–22	Loss	0–2
3	July 12	at Ottawa Rough Riders	32–31	Loss	0–3
4	July 19	vs. Montreal Alouettes	44–24	Loss	0–4
5	July 27	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–24	Loss	0–5
6	Aug 2	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–25	Win	1–5
7	Aug 10	vs. Calgary Stampeders	32–7	Loss	1–6
8	Aug 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–13	Loss	1–7
9	Aug 21	at Calgary Stampeders	23–21	Loss	1–8
10	Aug 26	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–20	Win	2–8
11	Bye				2–8
12	Sept 7	at Montreal Alouettes	28–27	Loss	2–9
13	Sept 14	vs. Toronto Argonauts	35–11	Win	3–9
14	Sept 21	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	22–10	Win	4–9
15	Sept 29	at Edmonton Eskimos	32–12	Loss	4–10
16	Bye				4–10
17	Oct 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	34–31	Loss	4–11
18	Oct 19	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–27	Loss	4–12
19	Oct 27	at Toronto Argonauts	25–21	Loss	4–13
20	Nov 2	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	35–24	Win	5–13

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Awards and records

Western Division All-Star Selections

• FB – Sean Millington, Western All-Star
• DB – Andre Strode, Western All-Star

1996 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars

• OG – Jamie Taras, Intergold CFLPA All-Star

References

1. http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1996/reg
2. "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.